29471. Adulteration of candy.    U.  S. v. 14 Boxes of Candy.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 42988.    Sample No. 16256-D.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining 
unsold and in the original packages was, at the time of examination, found to 
contain weevils and larvae.
On June 28, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern District of 
Texas, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district 
court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 14 boxes of candy at Houston, 
Tex., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on 
or about February 4,1938, by Schall Candy Co. from Clinton, Iowa, and charg- 
ing adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in 
part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On September 10, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.